In this paper, a formal rent-seeking theory of the firm is developed. The main idea is that integration (compared to … non-integration) facilitates rent-seeking for the integrating party, but makes it harder for the integrated one. In a one …-period model, this implies that the rent-seeking contest becomes more uneven and the parties rent-seek less. Here, integration is …

integration, workflow management or another packaged application – it's the synthesis and extension of all these technologies and …

-countries kept their fiscal sovereignty. The EMU was not a part of a larger political integration of the member-countries. It enabled …

of small economies for greater cooperation, or encouraged as a prerequisite by the EU – regional economic integration … economic integration and political stabilization of the Western Balkans. …

Central banks can play an important role in facilitating and promoting regional economic and monetary integration … and points to issues that could be of relevance for the ongoing integration process in the Caribbean. It argues that the … creation of a single currency area was based on a lengthy process, that economic integration came before monetary union, and …

, concerning continuous and multiple integration, a problem, which in addition to effecting manufacturers effected decision …

close integration with the world economy, that is integration up to the point it was in India’s interest to do so. …